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Acts chapter 18, verse 26.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took

him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

What a great verse describing Apollo's here. So just the setup, a Jew named Apollo's, a native Alexandria had come to to Ephesus he was eloquent, competent in the scriptures

acts 1824 says verse 25 says he had been instructed in the way of the Lord and being fervent in spirit

he spoke and taught accurately to things concerning Jesus though he knew only

the baptism of John. So we won't go into all the details here just for the sake of time of what that would mean

for Apollo's teaching, but the reality is at this point he was fervent in spirit competent in the scriptures and yet

his understanding of certain things was incomplete. So what did Priscilla

Aquila do when they heard him they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

What a great picture that teaches us so many different things and leads us to pray in so many different ways.

Like, we all have room to grow.

Areas where we don't understand everything completely, rightly, even accurately.

And God puts us in the church, in his body, with his word, where when we begin to teach or say things

that don't align with his word, we have brothers and sisters around us who will pull us back and say no no no look at what the word

says here and not in a way that is harmful or unhelpful this is so constructive

here they pull them aside they have a conversation

with him he receives that in fact you you go on it says in verse 27 when he wished

to cross to a kaya the brothers encouraged him wrote to the disciples to welcome him when he

wrote to the disciples to welcome him when he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public

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